CIVIC SOLIDARITY // JULY — AUGUST 2018· July — August 2018

2018 Student Road Safety Movement

Thousands of collegiate students peacefully mobilized across Motijheel, creating Bangladesh's first spontaneous Emergency Lanes for ambulances and verifying driver licenses.

Timeline
July — August 2018
Location
Arambagh & Shapla Chottor, Motijheel
Curated
5 preserved records
Documentary
Dedicated memoir essay →
High school students completely surrounding and blockading Shapla Chottor
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Shapla Chottor Blockade

Aerial vantage showing thousands of students peacefully holding Shapla Chottor intersection.

FIELD NOTE

Thousands of high school students peacefully holding the Shapla Chottor intersection in Motijheel.

Notre Dame College students chanting slogans and holding handwritten placards
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NDC Student Solidarity

Students in uniform chanting slogans for accountability and road reform.

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Uniform-clad students raising slogans and holding handwritten placards for road safety.

Students assembling across foot-overbridges and thoroughfares in Arambagh
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Arambagh Overbridge Assembly

Students maintaining order on foot-overbridges across thoroughfares.

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Students assembling across foot-overbridges and thoroughfares around Arambagh.

Students marching through city avenues and checking bus operations
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Avenue Inspection March

Checking bus driver permits and halting unlicensed commercial vehicles.

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Marching through avenues to inspect driver licenses and ensure reckless buses were halted.

Students sitting on the street pavement writing hand-drawn placards and safety guidelines
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Handwritten Asphalt Placards

Writing handwritten signs calling for justice and pedestrian safety.

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Students sitting on the street asphalt writing Bengali placards: "উই ওয়ান্ট জাস্টিস".